Well time to pack my guitar into a case that I use to carry it about in Whitby and Robin Hoods bay. It's of a Nylon canvas construction with a thin veneer of wood and then Polystyrene and very light weight. It has a couple of good-sized pockets for picks, strings, tuners, set of pliers and other tools. I t can also hold 4 mouth organs and a hands free holder for the latter. It's the third case of this type I have bought one I lent to someone so that they could take their Guitar to the Philippians the second lasted about three years before it got a bit worse for ware. Still they only cost about £30 each and are just that bit stronger than a gig bag and the Polystyrene keep the instrument away from extremes of temperatures.

Its has two straps so I can carry it on my back leaving my hands free to help anyone push a Grand Piano back up the hill from the Dolphin at the bottom of the hill in Robin Hoods Bay back up to the campsite. Well at least they did take their own instruments I'm also quite happy to carry any Banjos up the hill although it will have to be the next morning. Just pile them up on the beach and I'll collect them the next day :-).